List of tram builders

This is a worldwide list of tram builders. Trams may also be called streetcars or trolleys in certain countries. These companies are, or at one time were, manufacturers of genuine trams/streetcars. Makers of replica-tram buses are not listed.

Argentina

 * Fabricaciones Militares
 * Materfer

Australia

 * Randwick Tramway Workshops, Sydney, NSW
 * Hudson Brothers, Sydney, NSW
 * Bignall and Morrison, Sydney, NSW
 * E. Chambers, Sydney, NSW
 * Newstead Tram Cars – Historic-tramcar replicas
 * Bendigo Tramways Historic-tramcar replicas
 * Holden Motor Body Builders. Later to become General Motors Holden.

Belarus

 * Belkommunmash

Brazil

 * Bom Sinal

Bulgaria

 * Tramkar

Canada

 * Bombardier Transportation - Thunder Bay, Ontario - Sold to Alstom in 2020.

China

 * Bombardier Transportation, China
 * CRRC

Croatia

 * Crotram
 * Đuro Đaković (factory) (produced trams, 1957–1993)
 * ZET Zagreb (produced trams, 1922–1951)

Czech Republic

 * Inekon Trams
 * Pragoimex
 * Škoda Transportation

Finland

 * Škoda Transtech

France

 * Alstom

Germany

 * Adtranz (also in Sweden; bought out by Bombardier in 2001)
 * Bremer Waggonbau (founded 1975, closed 1995)
 * Duewag (sold to Siemens in 1999)
 * Gothaer Waggonfabrik
 * Hansa Waggonbau (established 1946, closed 1975)
 * Norddeutsche Waggonfabrik (established 1908, closed 1930)
 * Siemens

Hong Kong

 * Hong Kong Tramways

Hungary

 * Ganz (subsidiary of Škoda Transportation)

India

 * Bharat Earth Movers
 * Jessop India
 * Premier Manufacturer

Italy

 * AnsaldoBreda - Sold to Hitachi Rail in 2015.
 * SpA
 * Officine Ferroviarie Meridionali
 * Carminati & Toselli
 * Officine Meccaniche della Stanga

Japan

 * Japan Transport Engineering Company
 * Kawasaki Heavy Industries Rolling Stock Company
 * Kinki Sharyo
 * Niigata Transys Company
 * Nippon Sharyo
 * Hitachi
 * Sapporo Sougou Tekkou Kyodoukumiai
 * Sapporo Sougou Tekkou Kyodoukumiai

New Zealand

 * DSC Cousins & Cousins, formerly Cousins & Atkins
 * Henderson & Pollard, Auckland
 * Auckland City Corporation Tramways
 * Auckland Transport Board
 * Boon & Co, Christchurch
 * Lyons and Co, Wellington
 * Rouse & Hurrell, Wellington
 * Rouse and Black, Wellington
 * Wellington City Corporation
 * Dunedin City Corporation Tramways

Poland

 * FPS "Cegielski"
 * Konstal
 * Newag
 * Pesa Bydgoszcz
 * Solaris
 * Modertrans

Romania

 * Astra Vagoane Arad
 * Electroputere VFU Pașcani
 * URAC Bucharest

Russia

 * PK Transportnye Sistemy
 * Sinara Transport Machines
 * Ust-Katav Vagon-Building Plant
 * Uraltransmash

Spain

 * Construcciones y Auxiliar de Ferrocarriles (CAF)

South Korea

 * Hyundai Rotem

Sweden

 * Adtranz (also in Germany; bought out by Bombardier in 2001)

Switzerland

 * Schindler Waggon
 * SIG Combibloc Group
 * Stadler

Turkey

 * Durmazlar (Durmaray)
 * Bozankaya

Ukraine

 * Electron (concern)
 * Tatra-Yug

United Kingdom

 * Brush Electrical Engineering Company
 * Tram Power

United States

 * Brookville Equipment Corporation (2002–)
 * Gomaco Trolley Company (1982–) – Historic-streetcar replicas
 * TIG/M Self-powered electric and hydrogen streetcars

Argentina

 * CATITA

Austria

 * Simmering-Graz-Pauker (SGP)

Australia

 * Clyde Engineering, Sydney, NSW
 * Commonwealth Engineering
 * Duncan & Fraser, Adelaide, SA
 * Eveleigh Railway Workshops, Sydney, NSW
 * Meadowbank Manufacturing Company, Sydney, NSW
 * Melbourne & Metropolitan Tramways Board, Preston Workshops, Victoria.
 * Ritchie Brothers, Auburn, Sydney, NSW
 * Walsh Island Dockyard, Newcastle, NSW

Canada

 * Urban Transportation Development Corporation - Thunder Bay, Ontario 1973–1990s (used old CC&F plant)
 * Hawker Siddeley Canada - Thunder Bay, Ontario, 1962–2001 (old CC&F plant)
 * Canadian Car and Foundry - Montreal, Quebec, 1909–1913; 1940s
 * Ottawa Car Company - Ottawa, Ontario, 1891–1948
 * Preston Car Company - Preston, Ontario (now Cambridge, Ontario), 1908–1921, bought by Brill
 * Toronto Railway Company - Toronto, Ontario, 1891–1920, wooden cars for mostly in-house use only, but built some cars for Mexico and Western Canadian operators by subsidiary Convertible Car Company of Toronto
 * James Crossen-Cobourg Car Works - Cobourg, Ontario, 1890–1915

Czech Republic

 * ČKD (1951–1999)
 * Vagónka Tatra Česká Lípa (produced trams, 1929–1954)
 * Vagónka Tatra Studénka (produced trams, 1902–1951)
 * Královopolská strojírna (produced trams, 1903–1951)

Latvia

 * RVR (Rīgas Vagonu Rupnīca) (ex—"Fenikss")

Netherlands

 * Allan
 * Beijnes
 * Werkspoor

New Zealand

 * Auckland Electric Tramways

Poland

 * Protram

Romania

 * Societatea de Transport Public Timișoara (1921–1977)
 * Electrometal Timișoara (Eltim) (1977–1990)
 * Electroputere Craiova (1954–1982)

Russia

 * Saint Petersburg Tramway-Mechanical Plant

Switzerland

 * Schweizerische Wagons- und Aufzügefabrik AG Schlieren-Zürich (SWS)

United Kingdom

 * Dick, Kerr & Co
 * English Electric
 * Maley & Taunton

United States

 * American Car Company (1891–1931)
 * JG Brill Company (1868–1956, but streetcar production ended in 1941)
 * Cincinnati Car Company (1902–1938)
 * Edwards Rail Car Company (1997–2008) – Historic-streetcar replicas
 * Gilbert Car Company (1840s–1895)
 * W. L. Holman Car Company (1883–1913)
 * Jewett Car Company (1894–1918)
 * G. C. Kuhlman Car Company (1892–1932)
 * Niles Car and Manufacturing Company (1901–1917)
 * Pullman Company/Pullman Standard (1891–1952 for streetcars)
 * St Louis Car Company (1887–1973)
 * John Stephenson Company (1831–1917)
 * Perley A. Thomas Car Works (1917–1936; bus manufacturer from 1936 on)
 * United Streetcar (2005–2015) – Low-floor modern streetcars